Republican support in rural communities remains strong as rural voters’ influence statewide is declining
Once upon a time — say, way back in 2004 — overwhelming Republican Party support in rural Nevada offset the Democratic advantage in densely-populated Clark County. Swing county Washoe, Nevada’s second most populous, often determined who won statewide campaigns. John Kerry won [...]
Nevada Rural Voters See Influence Wane
November 11th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: · Barack Obama, Battle for the West, Clark County, Democrats, Elko, John McCain, Las Vegas, Nevada, Republicans, rural communities, rural voters, Washoe
Battle for the West: Post-election Roundup
November 6th, 2008 · No Comments
In the end, Barack Obama didn’t need the 19 electoral votes represented by Colorado, Nevada, and New Mexico, three states won by George W. Bush in 2004, to make it to the White House. But he won all three, two with double-digit margins. Early analysis of the blue shift in western states credits a range [...]
Tags: · Battle for the West, Colorado, Denver, election day, exit polling, Las Vegas, Latino voters, Latinos, Nevada, New Mexico, Washoe, youth vote
Battle for the West: Numbers Game
October 27th, 2008 · No Comments
Sen. Barack Obama and 100,000 of his closest friends in Denver on Sunday (Reuters)
Colorado
“well over 100,000“: record-breaking number of supporters who came out to hear Barack Obama speak at the foot of the capitol in Denver on Sunday
2.5 miles: length of the line to get into an Obama rally in Fort Collins minutes before it [...]
Tags: · Barack Obama, Battle for the West, Colorado, Denver, early voting, John McCain, Las Vegas, Nevada, New Mexico, Reno, Sarah Palin, voter registration
Battle for the West: GOP Out of CO Senate Race, Swing State Nuisance, Busy Weekend in the West
October 24th, 2008 · No Comments
National GOP Pulls Out of Colorado Senate Race
The National Republican Senatorial Committee confirmed today it was pulling it’s support from the Colorado race to replace retiring Republican Sen. Wayne Allard. Rumors of the pullout began circulating last week, but subsided after NRSC chairman Sen. John Ensign said, “We’re going to stay there up until the [...]
Tags: · Barack Obama, Battle for the West, Bob Schaffer, Colorado, eary voting, John McCain, Las Vegas, Mark Udall, Mitt Romney, Nevada, New Mexico, Reno, Ron Paul
Nevada Road Trip
October 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
Back from a week of reporting in Nevada. Below, are time-lapse videos* of my long drives.
Reno to Elko
From the Siena Hotel Spa Casino in Reno to the Red Lion Hotel & Casino in Elko.
Distance: 291 miles
Time: 3 hours, 43 mins
Images shot: 1,084
Elko to Las Vegas after the jump
Tags: · Battle for the West, Elko, Las Vegas, Nevada, Reno, time-lapse
Battle for the West: CA Volunteers Hit NV
October 2nd, 2008 · No Comments
Sen. Barack Obama stumps in Reno September 30 - Getty Images
Two new polls have Sen. Barack Obama ahead of Sen. John McCain in Nevada. An InsiderAdvantage/Poll Position survey of 437 likely voters has Obama up 48 to 47 percent. A CNN/Time Magazine poll conducted by Opinion Research Corp. has the Illinois senator up 51 [...]
Tags: · Barack Obama, Battle for the West, John McCain, Las Vegas, Nevada, polling, Reno, voter registration, Washoe